Truth in a Venn diagram.
The “moon hoax” hoax debunked in comic-book form.
http://darryl-cunningham.blogspot.com/2010/07/moon-hoax.html
The “moon hoax” hoax debunked in comic-book form.
Back from Comic-con, mostly unpacked, and now sorting & uploading the rest of the photos.
Back from Comic-con, mostly unpacked, and now sorting & uploading the rest of the photos.
Unexpected cool moment of the night: watching a deep orange half-moon setting into the distant Downtown Los Angeles skyline.
Unexpected cool moment of the night: watching a deep orange half-moon setting into the distant Downtown Los Angeles skyline.
I woke up to the steady drip-drip of water leaking from the kitchen light fixture….
I woke up to the steady drip-drip of water leaking from the kitchen light fixture. Such fun. It turned out to be a broken hose in the upstairs apartment's kitchen sink. Fortunately it's all linoleum, the light cover channeled the water onto the floor, and it was slow enough (and caught soon enough) not to spread to any furniture or walls, so we aren't out anything but a few paper towels.
How appropriate: “Big Yellow Taxi” is playing in the parking lot.
How appropriate: “Big Yellow Taxi” is playing in the parking lot.
Ah, computer nostalgia! If you have a Gmail account and have been using computers long…
Ah, computer nostalgia! If you have a Gmail account and have been using computers long enough to remember monochrome monitors, go to Settings and then Themes, and check out the Terminal theme. It's almost perfect: Green on black, fixed-width font, even fake ASCII art for the borders and Gmail logo! The “High Score” theme has areal old-school Nintendo feel to it as well.
Is this Orange County, CA, or Orange County, FL? Bright sunshine, 90 degrees…and rain. in
Is this Orange County, CA, or Orange County, FL? Bright sunshine, 90 degrees…and rain. in July.
Want to see what LA traffic looks like on a typical Friday evening? You…
Want to see what LA traffic looks like on a typical Friday evening? You can. A co-worker just pointed out that you can view statistical traffic on Google Maps in addition to live traffic. Enable Traffic, then look at the map key and hit “change,” and you can choose the day of the week and time.
If I’d known there would be psychic cephalopods involved…
If I'd known there would be psychic cephalopods involved, I would have paid a little more attention to the World Cup. It sounds like a great topic for a SyFy Original Movie.
Update: there is in fact a 2012 film, though it’s a documentary.
I find it amusing that there’s a production of Arcadia in…Sierra Madre. So close!
https://www.sierramadreplayhouse.org/
I find it amusing that there's a production of Arcadia in…Sierra Madre. So close!
I find it amusing that when they updated the article, they made sure to
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/07/59-earthquake-hits-southern-california.html
I find it amusing that when they updated the article, they made sure to add “Felt in Los Angeles!” to the headline.
That was a surprisingly long earthquake. When it started, it was mild enough that I…
That was a surprisingly long earthquake. When it started, it was mild enough that I thought it was just someone walking heavily across the office. (I wonder how many small quakes I don't notice because of that?) After ~20 seconds, the shaking got stronger…and it just kept going. 60 seconds? 90? USGS rates it at 5.4 near Anza-Borrego.
OK, that *is* an earthquake. For about 30 seconds I thought someone was stomping around or something.
OK, that *is* an earthquake. For about 30 seconds I thought someone was stomping around or something.
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So, 5.9 quake near Anza Borrego. That was a *long* one. It felt like it lasted at least a minute from here.
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Strike that – in the last couple of minutes they’ve downgraded it to 5.4.
What’s that? A brush fire on the Fourth of July was started by someone…
What's that? A brush fire on the Fourth of July was started by someone sneaking out into the boonies to set off fireworks without getting caught? Wow, I *never* would have guessed! Maybe instead of banning fireworks outright, they should designate an area at the Great Park where people can set off their own fireworks…away from dry brush and with fire crews standing by.
BBQ with the in-laws Friday night, Westercon on Saturday, fireworks at the beach on Sunday.
BBQ with the in-laws Friday night, Westercon on Saturday, fireworks at the beach on Sunday. Today I think I'm just going to hang out at home.
Stayed late to work on a project, which meant I was already in the office…
Stayed late to work on a project, which meant I was already in the office to deal with a catastrophic server problem. That's *mostly* done, but I'm keeping an eye on the last stage since it ran into some more problems about 5 minutes before I expected to leave.
I’ve always wondered how the name of Japan’s currency ended up meaning “craving” in English…
I’ve always wondered how the name of Japan’s currency ended up meaning “craving” in English. It turns out to be a coincidence, with the word most likely taken from Chinese yáhn or yin.
No, I actually don’t want to restart my computer now, but under the circumstances, it’s probably better not to wait.
No, I actually don’t want to restart my computer now, but under the circumstances, it’s probably better not to wait.
Just got back from seeing South Pacific & set the program down next to Westways
Just got back from seeing South Pacific & set the program down next to Westways magazine…with the headline, “Shall We Dance?” on the cover. Right composers, wrong show.